Question: how to identify an object??

[PhotonTopedo]

Hi, everyone..The question is:

I try to identify an variable($client). It could be:
a) Of the type of object that I need.
b) Of some other type of data that i don't need.

So, I have to identify the type of ($client). More specificlly, I need to know the class that $client comes from if ($client) is some object. Is there any function that can be used for this purpose?

 

[skiflyer]

Sounds like you need the get_class function.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-class.php

Perhaps you'd need to combine it with functions like is_int, is_string etc if you need the specifics of what else it is.

-Rob

 

[DRJ478]

It's an odd question - at least to me. Why would it not be clear from the code where it comes from?